Action Alert – Calls Needed Today!!
With the deadline for funding of the Texas Racing Commission looming, we need to make a concerted effort for FULL funding. Short-term funding does nothing positive for the Texas Thoroughbred […]
News and Notes for October 23, 2015
ACCREDITED TEXAS-BREDS IN WEEKEND STAKES ACTION A pair of undefeated Accredited Texas-bred 2-year-old fillies will compete as part of a 9-horse field in tonight’s $50,000 E. L. Gaylord Memorial Stakes […]
Valid Expectations Passes Away
All-time Leading Texas Stallion Valid Expectations Passes Away Valid Expectations, Texas’ all-time leading stallion, has died at the age of 22. The son of Valid Appeal was retired from stud […]
TTA MEMBER ALERT Re TRC FUNDING
TTA MEMBER ALERT The Texas Racing Commission has stated that without funding, they will begin shutdown procedures on November 1st! Texas racing NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW! Call the following Legislators […]
Texas Stallion Stakes Deadline
The deadline to nominate stallions to the Texas Stallion Stakes Series for the 2015 breeding season is October 1, 2015. Only Accredited Texas stallions may be nominated. The nomination fee […]
News and Notes for September 25, 2015
TEXAS CONFIRMS 19 WEST NILE VIRUS EQUINE CASES A recent slew of sample submissions indicative of West Nile virus (WNV) have upped the total number of positive cases in Texas to […]
Gary West writes in espn.go.com about Texas racing
In Texas, even the mess is big Gary West, http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/13728305/in-texas-even-mess-big If you watched the political debates or looked at the recent polls, you couldn’t have avoided concluding that Americans don’t like […]
Many thanks; future concerns
The Texas Thoroughbred Association would like to thank Chairman John Otto and the other House members who serve on the Legislative Budget Board for working to secure full funding for […]
COMMISSIONER MILLER CONCERNED FUNDING DISPUTE AT RACING COMMISSION PUTS TEXAS EQUINE INDUSTRY AT RISK
Amarillo, Texas—Attending the American Quarter Horse Association World Show, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller today urged members of the state’s Legislative Budget Board (LBB) to restore funding to the Texas Racing […]
Horsemen Urged to Keep Calling Legislative Budget Board Members
For the immediate future, please contact the members of the Legislative Budget Board to continue to ask that the TxRc be fully funded. We all need to thank the House […]